Digital Splash: Implement a Long-Term Training Plan Now

2/6/2013

The Jan.-Feb. 2013 issue of Splash is now available online and as a mobile app for your iPad and iPhone. This issue of Splash offers tips on implementing a long term training plan and takes a look back at the 2012 Golden Goggle Awards.

Here’s a look at one of the featured articles:

It Starts Now
Rio de Janeiro and the 2016 Olympics probably seem like a long way away considering the London Games just ended a few months ago. If the United States wants to enjoy the same success in the pool in four years that it experienced this summer – 31 medals, 16 of them gold – and past Olympic summers, the time to start thinking, planning and training begins now. But what about the younger swimmers – those who aren’t necessarily at the Olympic level but are just looking to improve and attain their goals, no matter what their goals may be? It’s just as important for them to implement a long-term training plan right now.